adj.
n. [ F. listel, dim. of liste fillet, list. See List the edge. ] (Arch.) Same as List, n., 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To attend to. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]
Listen to me, and by me be ruled. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
To listen after,
Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors. Fuller.
n. One who listens; a hearkener. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the act of hearing attentively.
n. One who makes a list or roll. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. List a strip, border, prob. applied to the furrow or the ridge of earth along the furrow. ] A double-moldboard plow which throws a deep furrow, and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. Same as Leister. [ 1913 Webster ]